Collar-securing means



W. D. ROSS.

COLLAR SECURING MEANS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 14, 1918.

I Patented Feb. 24,1920.

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COLLAR-SECURING MEANS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 14, 1918. Serial No. 217,089.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it know that I, WILLIAM D. Ross, a subject of the King of England,residing at Winnipeg, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion ofCanada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCollar-Securing Means, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collar securing means, and more particularlyto means for securing a collar to the shirt neck band. 7

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a securing meansof the character stated of simple construction and operation which iscarried by a collar and permanently secured thereto so as to avoiddanger of loss of any of the elements of the device. further object isto provide a securing means of simple construction and neat appearancewhich may be readily applied to collars of standard construction.Another object is to provide a securing means by means of which thecollar ma be readily detaohably secured to the neck and of a shirt.Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of a collar with a securing meansconstructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. '2 is a section taken substantially on line 22 of Fig. 1,

Fig. 3 is a section taken substantially on line 33 of Fig. 1.

The collar A is of standard construction being provided with the innerfold b and. the outer fold 0. A tab 1 of fabric is secured at its upperend, by sewing or in any other suitable manner, to the inner face ofinner fold b at the center at the back of the collar. The tab isprovided, in its lower end, with a stud 2 so positioned that the shankthereof may be inserted through the usual opening in the back of theneckband 3, and

the corresponding opening through the inner fold I) of the collar. Thehead 1 formed on the outer end of shank 2 is adapted to be received intoa socket 5 which is secured in the inner fold of the collar with therecess which receives the head 4 coincident with the opening throughwhich the head is inserted.

Patented Feb. 24., 1920.

By inserting shank 2 through the neck band 3 and then pressing the twomembers of the securin device together so as to force the head 1 lntosocket 5, the inner fold b of the collar is firmly but releasablysecured to neck band 3 at the back thereof. A similar tab 1 is securedto the inner face of inner fold b of the collar adjacent one endthereof, and carries a socket 5 which is adapted to receive a head 4*formed at the inner end of the shank 2 of a stud 2 carried by one of theoverlapping end portions 6 of the fold Z) of collar A, the shank 2 beinginserted through the usual opening 6 in the overlapping end portion ofthe neck band 8at the front end thereof. By means of the stud and socketfastener. illustrated, the collar may be readily secured to the neckband of a shirt, I

and all danger of loss of any of the securin elements is eliminated..When it is desire to remo'vethe collar, this may be readilyaocompli'shed by detaching the members of the fasteners thus permittingthe collar to be taken from the neck band. In practice, the elements ofthe fasteners may be formed in the usual manner and secured to the tabsand the collar by pressing so as to be firmly fastened thereto and tooccupy but very little space. As a securing means of this sort may I beproduced at very small cost, the fasteners outer folds, and having theends of the inner fold extended, a tab secured at its upper endcentrally of the inner face of the inner fold, a headed stud at thelower end of the tab, a socket at the lower edge of the'inner fold toreceive the said stud, a headed stud at one of the extended ends, a tabattached to the other extended end, and a socket carried by thefree endof the last mentioned tab to receive the stud of the extended end.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM DQROSS. Witnesses:

I'I. STRANGE, JAMES B. Brown.

